A favorite icon - the tiny image in the address bar of your web browser to the left of your URL - is something that is easy to do and adds some polish and professionalism to your website (and also makes it easier for people to identify your site). With the help of this simple web-based tool you can turn almost any image into a favorite icon.
Some tips:
- Simple, bold graphics work best -
- The image should already be square -
- Photos can be okay but the image must be identifiable
Once you generate the icon (the file name is favicon.ico, don't change it!), you download it to your computer and upload it to the root (web) directory of your website (the same place where your index page is located - the icon should be here: http://www.mywebsite.com/favicon.ico). As long as you have FTP access or some other way to upload images to your site (maybe through a browser based form, etc.) you should be able to do this.
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